After mum and dad got a divorce in the early eighties dad got us 4 brothers an Acorn BBC B and mum bought us a Sinclair ZX Spectrum (16K). This was the beginning for me in computing, not counting the Atari 2600 that came before that.
Winning a local programming competition got us an Acorn Electron (which was sold soon after we found it was a step back from the Beeb). With money made from the illegal sales of Spectrum games we got a C64 .
After that came the Atari 1040 ST and later an Acorn Archimedes that I used while studying computer science at university.
The Sinclair QL was one of those computers I read about in the magazines but I never actually touched BITD.
Some two years ago my retro fire was kindled after my dad brought along our old trusty BBC B; the only computer that survived the decades. A few months later I bought someone's attic full of Acorn hardware, software and books and that really set it off.
The current inventory:
Acorn BBC B & 6502 Second processor
Acorn BBC B tape only, econet
Acorn BBC B+ 64K, econet (not working)
Acorn Master Turbo
Acorn Electron Plus 1&3
Acorn A4 (not working)
Acorn Atom
Acorn Archimedes A340
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K
Sinclair ZX81 (not working)
And my latest addition: a QL including documentation.
Basically I try to get new stuff, learn as much as I can / like about it, fix what needs fixing, and sell again to make space for new stuff. I mostly enjoy connecting everything to everything.
That way I can enjoy a lot of retro computing without having to fill a warehouse. Still, looking at my current list of computers, it does not seem to work as well as it should...
I joined the Stardot forum a year ago after I got all the Acorn hardware and in a lapse of creativity thought the name DutchAcorn would do. Oh well, I'll stick to it now.
Being Dutch I can come across as insensitive at times - it's a cultural thing . The good part is that it takes a lot to offend me.
At forums I try to help where I can and share what I learn. Ofcourse I'll pop a few questions that will advertise my incompetence at anything related to the QL. I hope to pick up enough knowledge to be of future use to someone. Anyone.
Back to the QL I got: it's seems a clean but basic model without any additions. It does have a few microdrive cartridges I can have a look at.
I ordered two new rollers for the microdrives and I know about the felt pad issue. My first job will be to make a video cable to connect it to my trusty Microvitec Cub (should have some din plugs somewhere).
Any other things I should do to get her into shape? Capacitors to replace?
Cheers,
Paul
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Welcome to the forums - if you need a CUB monitor lead, I can let you have one for £8 plus postage
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Thanks Rich, it's good to know you have them. I should be able to fix one up myself.RWAP wrote:Welcome to the forums - if you need a CUB monitor lead, I can let you have one for £8 plus postage
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Welcome to our Forum Paul!
Yep, I'm here as well
Mark
Yep, I'm here as well
Mark
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Step up to red alert. Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb
Looking forward to summer in Somerset later in the year
QL, Falcon, Atari 520STFM, Atari 1040STE, more PC's than I care to count and an assortment of 8 bit micros (Sinclair and Acorn)(nearly forgot the Psion's)
“There are four lights!”
Step up to red alert. Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb
Looking forward to summer in Somerset later in the year
QL, Falcon, Atari 520STFM, Atari 1040STE, more PC's than I care to count and an assortment of 8 bit micros (Sinclair and Acorn)(nearly forgot the Psion's)